Tom Mestdag

Tom Mestdag currently serves as the Sales & Business Development Manager for EMEA at The Shepherd Color Company, a position held since October 2023. In addition, Tom is the Owner & Managing Director of KORTUS bv, starting in June 2020. Previous roles include Managing Director at OXERRA Europe for a brief period in 2023, Managing Director at Cathay Industries Europe from June 2020 to April 2023, and Chair of the Additives & Colors Europe Division at SPE: Inspiring Plastics Professionals from March 2019 to March 2023. Tom's career began in the 1990s as BU Manager Plastics at Campine nv, and later served as International Sales Manager EMEA at The Shepherd Color Company between January 2000 and June 2020. Tom holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from HOWEST - University of Ghent Campus Kortrijk and a science degree in chemistry from St Amandscollege Kortrijk.